Katya

Where Katya comes from

Transliteration of Russian and Ukrainian Ка́тя (Kátja), diminutive of Екатери́на (Jekaterína), Катери́на (Katerýna).
— Wiktionary's entry for Katya
  • Russian
  • Ukrainian
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1962
    First appearance
    #6,578 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2000
    Peak, #1,310
    145 babies named Katya — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,726.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Russian or Ukrainian, equivalent to English Kate.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.